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This landmark environmentalist work is now published in a new hardback edition to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
Synopsis
Exposes the destruction of wildlife through the indiscriminate use of pesticides. This title describes the nests full of eggs that would never hatch, the rivers bloated with poisoned fish and the children killed by the very chemicals which had previously been lauded as miracle potions, and sprayed without reservation across the country.